Undercover in the CEO's Bed by Coleen Kwan Read Free Book Online Page A

check,” she said when he produced a latte for her and slid it across the counter. “You don’t have them right now, but your IT department should be able to provide them for you.”
    “Sure, just write down what you need, and I’ll get it.” He popped a dark roast capsule for himself into the machine.
    “My time wasn’t completely wasted,” Jacinta said. “I downloaded the latest driver for your printer so you won’t get those fuzzy lines when you print out photos.”
    “Thanks.” He lifted his eyebrows. “I’ve been trying to get that figured out for a while.”
    A small smile played on her lips. “It still amazes me that someone as smart as you can be such a techno-dunce about printers.”
    “So you admit I’m smart?” He grinned.
    “Did you hear my complete sentence?”
    “Nope. I stopped listening as soon as you said I was smart.”
    “Figures.” She chuckled. “You really should get someone from your office to maintain your home computer equipment.”
    “I guess that would be better than calling IT support after hours.”
    He stopped short, the grin slipping from his lips. Jacinta lowered her gaze to her coffee. Calling IT support after hours was how he’d met her in the first place. Late one night, unable to print a document at his office and too impatient to wait until morning, he’d paged the on-call person, who had somehow inveigled Kevin to cover for him. But Kevin had left the pager at Jacinta’s place, and when she’d read the message on the pager she’d worried her brother would get into trouble and responded to the call herself, even though she wasn’t an employee.
    Which was how a gorgeous woman with long, dark hair and a killer smile had walked into Lex’s office at ten p.m. and evaporated all his testy frustration. She’d fixed his printer problem with insulting ease and made him forget why he was even working late. From the moment she’d handed his printed page to him with a grin and a roll of her caramel eyes, he’d lusted after her. Had known he wouldn’t stop pursuing her until she was his. Luckily, she was just as hot for him, and soon she was where he’d first envisioned her—in his bed. All his.
    She wasn’t his anymore, but damn it was hard to erase the memories.
    “So your boss is okay with you helping me out?” he asked as he turned back to the coffee machine.
    “He’s not thrilled I’ve pushed back some of my deadlines.” She shrugged. “But he’ll survive.”
    “You’re too valuable to them. I remember the kind of hours you put in.” He picked up his coffee and joined her at the kitchen counter.
    “It’s paid off.” She smiled tentatively. “I was promoted last month. Senior project manager.”
    “That’s great.” He blinked, the instinct to pull her into a congratulatory hug clashing with the realization he couldn’t. He cleared his throat and downed some coffee. “You deserve it.”
    She gave a deprecating shrug and licked a spot of milk froth off her lips. The sight of her tongue sweeping over her lower lip sent his cock rising.
    “Did you speak to Kevin?” he asked as he averted his eyes from her mouth.
    “Yup. We’ve emailed his résumé already. He’s so eager to make amends.”
    The sight of her pensive expression made him shake his head. “You’re too close to your brother. You coddle him too much.”
    Her mouth settled into a familiar stubborn line. “We love each other. Is that such a crime?”
    “You love him. I don’t see much quid pro quo happening.”
    A trace of color rose in her cheeks. “When I was in college, he worked part-time jobs, looked after all the household chores so I could focus on my studies. We had no one else, but it didn’t matter because we could rely on each other.” She pushed her hair away from her face. “But I guess you can’t understand that, since you don’t trust your own family.”
    If he’d had a sibling, maybe that would have made a difference. He didn’t want to admit it, but